Parliament adopts law on mobilisation: when will it start working?
11 April 2024 12:04
On Thursday, 11 April, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a draft law on mobilisation in Ukraine. This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak of the Voice party, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
“283 MPs voted in favour of the bill.
According to him, 31 amendments were taken into account. Including the one on demobilisation.
“It is not yet known whether someone will introduce a resolution to block the speaker (Ruslan Stefanchuk – ed.),”
– he emphasised.
MP Iryna Gerashchenko wrote that “227 MPs shot down the amendment on the possibility of dismissal from military service. 176 servants, OPZZh and 2 from Batkivshchyna”.
Here’s how they voted by faction:
- Servant of the People – 192
- EU – 0
- Batkivshchyna – 2
- Platform for Life and Peace – 18
- Voice – 16
- Restoration – 16
- For the future – 12
- Trust – 15
- Non-factional – 12.
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev, published the text of the proposed draft law with amendments.
What does the law on mobilisation provide for?
The main provisions of the document are as follows:
- The provision on the right to demobilisation of people with disabilities remains.
- Demobilisation in connection with the release from captivity (if the servicemen did not express a desire to continue military service).
- Those found to be partially fit will be obliged to re-evaluate within 12 months.
- Servicemen and women who sign their first contract are entitled to compensation of 50 per cent of the down payment on a mortgage-backed loan.
- Those who received a 2-3 disability group after 24 February 2022 (except for military personnel) are subject to a second medical examination to determine their fitness for service.
- During mobilisation, men are required to have a military registration document with them and present it at the request of a representative of the CCC or a police officer. The process of document verification can be recorded on camera or phone.
- In the border area and at border crossing points, a border guard may require you to present your military registration document.
- Restrictions on driving vehicles for men of the appropriate age at the request of the MCC.
- Citizens who are registered with the military may voluntarily register an electronic account of a conscript, person liable for military service or a reservist.
- Military personnel are entitled to compensation of 50% of the down payment on a mortgage when entering into their first contract.
- Persons liable for military service aged 18 to 60 will be able to obtain documents at foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine only if they have military registration documents .
- Persons liable for military service will also be able to obtain a passport and a foreign passport if they have their military registrationdocuments with them.
- All servicemen are to be paid a monthly remuneration of UAH 10,000.
- Those who evade mobilisation will be punished by a temporary restriction on driving vehicles, based on a court decision.
- Instead of conscription, it is planned to introduce basic military service for citizens aged 18 to 25. They will be able to choose the period of service until they reach the age of 24.
- There are no plans for compulsory mobilisation of women. They are subject to military registration if they are fit for military service for health and age reasons and have received medical or pharmaceutical education. Women who are registered for military service may be called up for military service during martial law on a voluntary basis.
- uAH 70,000 in monthly payments to those who participate in combat operations from scratch.
When will the new mobilisation rules come into effect?
According to the regulations and the Constitution, the document must be signed by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and submitted to the President for signature. After that, the law comes into force a month later.
The text adopted in the second reading has not yet been published on the Verkhovna Rada’s website.
Draft law on mobilisation
on 7 February, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a new draft law on mobilisation without proposals from the relevant committee. It is expected to be voted on as a whole at the end of February, and the draft law may come into force in April.
The draft law proposes, among other things, to introduce summonses through the conscript’s electronic cabinet. Other innovations include lowering the conscription age to 25 years, setting the demobilisation period at 36 months, introducing voluntary mobilisation for convicts, restrictions on evaders, banning civil service without military training, etc.
on 10 April, MPs began considering the document in the second reading in the session hall, and are scheduled to vote for the draft law on 11 April.
Read more about the new document in our article: The Government has submitted a new draft law on mobilisation: main provisions.
